, 1887-07-27

rate an amendment to the Committees
petition to the same effect, which, If ac-
cepted, he should decidedly vote for the
Petition. AS it now stood, he would not
vote.
lat Grown Member (Qwin)thought that the
honorable member looked too far ahead III
taking into consideration just now how the
deficit arising from @ successful issue of
the present Petition should be covered
He for his part would do nothing that was
not in the interest OF the planting commu-
nity. If it could go we'll with the Petition
he would vote for it without taking the
consequent deficit into consideration. a
gain to the planters must surely be a gain
to the whole community. The petition
successful, meant an increased Importation
into the island and the officials even would
eventually feel tina the condition of the
island was more, satisfactory and would
willingly contribute their share to make mp
the deficit. He would therefore recon-
mend the Council to adopt the present
petition, for which he would vote.
3rd Member for ChriStIanstedPS Country
District (Leery) could not but thank. the
last honorable speaker for the SentimentSh he
had lust uttered and which were cOnslde-
rably altered from his views expressed at
the last meeting upon the same SUP
ject.
And Member for Frederiksteds Town
District (Brown) could see no reason why
the question as to how the deficiency was
to he made up, should be left for future
legislation aud not be embodied Ill the
present petition.
4th Member for C~hriStianSteds Country
District fRGphGeD thought that it would
be better irst to get something before Ia
king into consideration how any prObIema.
tic deficit should be made good.
lst Crown Member (Qusn) begged in
answer to the honorable 3rd Member for
Ohristiansted's Country District (Leevy),
to say that his views on the question of the
Petition were not at all changed. The
Petition as it now stood embraced many
considerations which he would support.
He hoped that good would come out OF it.
2nd Member for Christiansted's Town
District lBensmtng1 begged to reiterate %
few remarks he had already made on the
question ut ~ previous meeting. He failed
TO see what the planters meant by saying
thHt the deficit arising from a favorable
issue of the Petition, could he easily made
mp. This surely could easily be done If
they were willing voluntarily to make up
the dsncit out OF % gain which they
got for nothing. 1t looked rather ambigu-
Gus that they would not take the question
under consideration now. Was it the mean-
ing or the planters thaC everybody elSe III
the community should pay for their sole
Advantagef4 When parties so to the King
and perhaps to the Diet with % petition as
the one in question, when the advantage is
all ON the one side and not TO the general
community, then let them offer to make
good the deficit consequent upon their gain.
Why burden one part of q scOmmunity
through successful measures carried in
favour Of another partf
3rd Member for Christiansted's Country
District IeeUy) meant that the benefit
would surely not he only to planters but
to every member of the community. 1t
waspretty certain hat at least a gain OF
$500 would he made by All who eat and
wear. The one-sidednesS of the gain was.
only apparent. The gain of one in this
case must be the gain of all. Everyone
wonld, lie was sure willingly contribute his
&hafe to make up - deficit that brought
advantage to them.
2nd Member for Frederiksted's Town
Dis riot Broom lid that it astonished
him very much and made him still more
suspicious whp:: he noticed the evaSive
manner in which the prOpOnent of the
Petition himself had e%mdeavonred to frns,
trate or obstruct the amendment which he
hail proposed; and the more SO as the
h ymorahle gentleman had called upon him
before any meeting, for the purpose of